eh they are passing through they haven't bought the gaff, its more akin to going to a hotel and tearing down the wall art because it disturbs you

I wonder why that guy is here at all, if he is that bothered about it.... did he not know about it before he applied to a Uni in the UK?

but Oxford you know, will look good on his CV :hee:

ModernTalking, Oxford, United Kingdom, 20 hours ago

This country is systematically tearing itself apart. It's so so sad.

:laugh: oh yes that is a little bit of an overreaction as a top voted comment

students are getting death threats for deciding to take an ugly picture down?

This country is embarrassing.

Saying the country is tearing itself apart because someone voted to take down a painting isn't outrage?

'How can these brain dead come to the conclusion that a woman who dedicated over 70 YEARS of her life to the benefit of the UK, Commonwealth and beyond is not inspirational. What the actual F U K C is going on in UK universities?!?!'

'The World has gone completely mad, and the University's are just letting it happen.'

'chichorita, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 19 hours ago

So sad

Chrissy., Shrewsbury., United Kingdom, 19 hours ago

Not sad,disgusting and disrespectful.

Popsicle Sunset, Bellingham, United States, 15 hours ago

Probably going to be replaced with a picture of Karl Marx'

'They should be ashamed of themselves'

'Oh no - that is my college - I loved it but I do NOT agree with this . The world has gone mad'

'Ordinary, upnorth, United Kingdom, 20 hours ago

The college should get cancelled

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CanadianKitty, Thunder Bay, Canada, 19 hours ago

Right on!!

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Rebecca Ford, portsmouth, United Kingdom, 19 hours ago

And closed down immediately.'

'whoever agreed with this should be sacked tomorrow. Anyone who wants to live somewhere else can leave too. Disgusting'

'Disgraceful behaviour, if they get any funding at all from the government it should be withdrawn immediately.'

'Pathetic moronic snowflakes.'

'Universities now serving no purpose. All government money should be removed.'

'Absolutely sickening, I'm so fed up of this rubbish'

'Sooo disrespectful! They should be ashamed often themselves.'

'Trayc, Middlesex, United Kingdom, 18 hours ago

What other country in the world with a monarch would do this??? Absoulute nonsense!!

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Bill1955, Leeds, United Kingdom, 18 hours ago

Life in prison or worse in thailand'

'This is an absolute disgrace. The UK is now beyond redemption. We are getting out while we can.'

'ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL !!!! The majority no longer count, and when that happens .... well review your history.'

'The woke are sucking the life out of everything and everybody. What miserable people they must be to want to make everyone else unhappy'

'This is absolutely disgraceful. These students are quite happy to attend a university founded upon the wealth of Britains imperial past. But reject our history and disrespect the Queen. Defund this university, they are not worthy of public support.'

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Carol, Ireland, 18 hours ago

Absolutely disgraceful! Students with no life experience or proper understanding of the world making studid decisions.

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Yorkshireman126, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 18 hours ago

Name and shame them! Better still, bring back National Service to teach these wasters some respect for our Country and Monarch'

'This university is turning into a joke wokerversity'

'So you want to study in our amazing uni's and colleges but our Queen might offend you... You shouldn't be here sorry this is so wrong!'

'What are they teaching in universities nowadays? Absolute national disgrace !'

'Stop the world I want to get off! Absolutely wrong on every level. I hate this woke activism but what I hate more is how "we" are rolling over in submission. Disgusting, embarrassing, offensive...I could go on..'

'Just shut the place down and throw the students out of education they do not deserve it. I think we should have a people's March on this lot.'

'Removing a picture of the Head of State and the Head of the Church of England. I take that to mean that Christians are not welcome!!'

'Omg this is disgusting. Shame on all the idiot kids with no brains or life experience that voted on this.'

'Words fail me! Her Majesty has more integrity, grace, intelligence and compassion in her little finger than these champagne-swilling, Marxist idiots have in total. Damn disgraceful, should be had up for treason!'

That's just five minutes of scrolling through the top rated comments.

how on earth are you extrapolating one nutjob on social media to "the whole of the UK"?

:joker:

that is just as bad as the top comment on the DM site - (see above)

indeed, imagine caring way too much over some silly photo

not worth sending these students death threats for :idc:

What has that poor woman ever done to you

Anyone outraged over a picture being taken down needs to really evaluate themselves.

If a picture of a little old lady offends you, you need your head examined and you need to reevaluate your life.

who said they were offended? The word I read was unwelcoming.

I wouldn’t want a picture of somebody else’s grandmother in my living space either

And the Staff that backed them

Why Now?

…this is really silly, it’s only a decorative picture that was chosen and bought and put up by the students of 2013…only a few years ago, it has no meaning and no history…it’s in no way a part of the college as such….it’s something that was liked at the time to decorate the common room and now something different is wanted for that room…did we even know it was up there from 2013….?…no, I very much doubt that…but its still preferred to be there…people didn’t know it was there, though…but just leave it, oi….:laugh:…seriously, life is way too fleeting for this…

the students are outraged yes, they should have thrown a towel over it

remember when students protested about things that mattered like Save the Whale and Stop the Bomb :idc:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06...3184307367.jpg

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The Statue Remains

They want it removed because ‘she represents recent colonial history’.
They haven’t a clue (Oxford - really?) They should want it kept up then because she is the one who has done more than any other single person to change Empire into the mutually supportive, multi racial and wonderfully diverse institution of the Commonwealth.

if i remember my history correctly, it was Thomas Wolsey (the head of the catholic church in england) that founded Oxford University, and he basically raised the funds by taxing the english poor who couldnt afford it and by taking bribes from hostile foreign powers to sway the opinion of Henry 8th. So Oxford University isn't historically renowned for it's moral stance going right back to it's beginnings :laugh:

They don't seem all that outraged to me, they had a democratic vote and took it down. Now, if you want to see outrage, look at those people that think that defunding universities and declaring higher education worthless because a picture was taken down.

I mean I'd hate to think these students aren't at Oxford because they firmly believe that it will give them an unfair privileged leg up in their career at the expense of others?

I'm sure they just like the Town...

To be fair, University in the UK isn’t as pay-to-win as the US, anyone can go to Oxbridge if they get the grades. It doesn’t cost six-figure sums or require scholarships like the big US schools.

Not that there isn’t still an element of privilege of course - kids from better off homes and schools have an advantage in getting the best grades - but it shouldn’t really be ASSUMED. I know a couple of people from “normal backgrounds” who went to Oxford/Cambridge. My wife could have gone to Oxford for her masters but uprooting the kids to Engerland was not an option :hee:.

They weren't outraged or they'd have ripped it down or burnt it.

They had a democratic vote and as a result the picture has been removed and put in storage.

Someone was outraged enough to start the motion to remove it...that cant be denied.

2013 "Some students decided to decorate the common room with a pic of the Queen"

2021 "Some students decided to decorate the common room with something else"

That's literally it.

Meanwhile in other news... the tories are breaking the law... again.

You will find there was exceptional circumstances surrounding that...ie, emergency situations.

I would have done the same myself in that situation, a situation where speed was of an essence.